Festival Screener Hub

Festival Screener Hub is a web app built for film festivals drowning in disorganized submissions and chaotic review processes. Instead of juggling Vimeo links, spreadsheets, and email threads, programmers and juries get a single, structured workspace. Films are ingested from major submission platforms via API or bulk import, then normalized with metadata, watermarked screeners, and secure streaming. Programmers can assign titles to jurors, track who has watched what, collect standardized scores and comments, and auto-generate shortlists by category, region, or custom tags. The app includes conflict-of-interest flags, version history for submissions, and basic analytics (e.g., average score by country, genre, or runtime). It’s not glamorous for filmmakers, but it directly attacks the operational mess that mid-tier festivals face every season. This is a traditional web app with some AI assistance (e.g., auto-tagging genres, flagging potentially problematic content), but the core value is workflow and permissions, not magic AI fairy dust. It’s brutally practical: less time chasing links and spreadsheets, more time actually watching films.